Hospital passport

Welcome to UH Bristol's Children's Hospital Passport, a
document to help children with life-long disabilities when going to
hospital.

The aim of the Hospital Passport is to provide our
staff with information about your child during a hospital
visit. This information will help us work in
partnership with you in meeting your child's needs when using our
hospital services.

The Hospital Passport uses a traffic light system. This means
that all essential information about your child must be written in
the red section, this will alert staff to any extremely important
information or specific requirements your child might have.
The amber section is for important information about your
child's day-to-day activities. Preferable information about
your child's like and dislikes can be documented in the green
section.

The passport is a parent/carer led
document which you can complete online here.
Each field contains a fixed number of lines of text to make sure
that the document stays a useable size - the aim is to include the
key points rather than to give a full history of your child. To
insert a photograph on the front page you can do one of the
following:

Download Acrobat Reader DC which will allow you to tap on the
image field and insert a picture - https://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/;
for iPad you can download PDFMax5. You should be able to use
any other compatible PDF reader which is able to support image
fields.

Email us your photo as a separate document which we will add to
the passport

Send us a copy of your photo by post (see address below) which
we can scan and insert for you.

If you don't want to use the electronic version, you can
print a copy and complete it by hand, and send it to LIAISE, Family
Information Room, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Upper
Maudlin Street, Bristol BS2 8BJ. The team can also offer support if
you need help with completing the document; for example, if English
is not your first language. Please call them on 0117 342 8065
if you have any questions or concerns about the document or
process.

Please return your Hospital Passports at
least five working days before your child's planned admission
date to allow us time to process them.

We will try to have the Hospital Passport to hand when your
child arrives. However, there may be situations where this is not
possible so please let staff know if your child has one and ask for
a copy to be printed. If you have a planned stay you may hear
from our children's disability specialist, Martyn Wood, to talk
about what adjustments we might want to request to help your
visit. You can find out more about Martyn and the disability
team here.

We ask that you keep your child's hospital passport up-to-date.
We will aim to send you a reminder once a year but as a guide we
recommend:

Children under five years of age - review every six
months, update if necessary and email the updated copy to us.

Children over five years of age - annual review, update if
necessary and email the updated copy to us.

If you are also a blue badge holder on behalf of your
child, we have a permit system to allow you extended time in our
drop-off area. When completing your passport, please tick the
box make it clear that you are a badge holder. If you are an
existing passport holder and have not received a permit but your
child is a badge holder, please contact LIAISE on 0117 342
8065.